Sentences with phrase «land conservation fund»

The property's purchase was made possible by generous donations from many individuals to Mass Audubon's Land Conservation Fund.

donate a percentage of aftertax profits to support local farming groups, land conservation funds or green building associations.

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After graduating from Middlebury College with a major in geography in 2003, he spent a couple of years working for the Conservation Fund, a nonprofit that helps fund land and water conservatiConservation Fund, a nonprofit that helps fund land and water conservation projeFund, a nonprofit that helps fund land and water conservation projefund land and water conservationconservation projects.

The budget calls for more enforcement money for the FDA to step up drug safety rules, more for the EPA to crack down on industrial polluters, additional funds to protect endangered species and land and water conservation and to protect wildlife from climate change.

Sonoma County Snares $ 8 Million to Fight Drought and Climate Change Sonoma County secured an $ 8 million federal grant to fund conservation projects and acquire land development rights that help combat the impacts of drought and climate change in the Russian River watershed, local and federal officials said Friday...

This funding will help us showcase how LID protects land and water resources, and new and improved facilities at Broad Meadow Brook Conservation Center & Wildlife Sanctuary will help illustrate how LID techniques can help with water management in an urban environment.

It has not been agreeable, however, to the National Park Service, whose approval is necessary because half of the $ 42,000 used to purchase the property came from its Land and Water Conservation Fund in 1974.

The funding includes $ 9.7 million from the Open Space Land Acquisition and Development program and $ 685,000 in federal Land and Water Conservation Fund grants.

In 1986, the Arlington Heights Park District received a $ 200,000 Land and Water Conservation Fund matching grant for the renovation of Recreation Park swimming pool.

The grant program began about 25 years ago when the National Park Service began setting aside money from off - shore oil leases and formed the Land and Water Conservation Fund.

WHEATON — The Park District has been honored by the Midwest region of the National Park Service as the winner of its 1992 Land and Water Conservation Fund Innovation Award.

The state has identified the Butterworth property as «Critical Natural Landscape» and its Division of Conservation Services is committing $ 85,000 in Conservation Program Grant funding to the land preservation initiative

The grants, funded through the state's Open Space Lands Acquisition and Development program and the federal Land and Water Conservation Fund program, were announced by Gov. George Ryan at the Illinois Association of Park Districts» annual meeting in Peoria.

Once the funds are secured, the Park District plans to apply for a slice of the state Open Land Trust, a $ 160 million program that gives local taxing bodies grants to buy land for conservation and recreatLand Trust, a $ 160 million program that gives local taxing bodies grants to buy land for conservation and recreatland for conservation and recreation.

We also appreciate the support of a now - deceased Mass Audubon friend who established a special fund for land conservation in the Berkshires,» Clayton added.

The projects will be funded by the state Open Space Land Acquisition and Development grants and the federal Land and Water Conservation Fund grants.

The Congresswoman who represents the Adirondack Park also discussed the importance of financing the Land and Water Conservation Fund.

At 2 p.m., Schumer calls on his colleagues to immediately reauthorize and fully fund The Land and Water Conservation Fund, Peacock Park, Parkside Drive, Lake Plafund The Land and Water Conservation Fund, Peacock Park, Parkside Drive, Lake PlaFund, Peacock Park, Parkside Drive, Lake Placid.

The park was funded by a partnership between the city and the land conservation nonprofit The Trust for Public Land, Bloomberg sland conservation nonprofit The Trust for Public Land, Bloomberg sLand, Bloomberg said.

Lands purchased by the Virginia - based Conservation Fund includes forests next to Cherry Plain State Park and the Capital District Wildlife Management Area, which cover about 4,300 acres in the southern Rensselaer County town of Stephentown.

A large portion of the permanent conservation funding for the New York portion will come from the U.S Forest Service's Forest Legacy Program through the Land and Water Conserconservation funding for the New York portion will come from the U.S Forest Service's Forest Legacy Program through the Land and Water ConservationConservation Fund.

The state's Business Council is also pleased with the increased environmental funding, saying it helps in everything from land conservation to pollution prevention.

The EPF funds vital programs in land conservation, clean water and wetlands protection, recycling, farmland preservation, sustainable waterfront planning and estuary restoration.

Federal conservation programs funded through the Farm Bill, such as Working Lands for Wildlife and the Regional Conservation Partnership Program, provide private landowners with financial and technical assistance to conduct conservation on conservation programs funded through the Farm Bill, such as Working Lands for Wildlife and the Regional Conservation Partnership Program, provide private landowners with financial and technical assistance to conduct conservation on their lLands for Wildlife and the Regional Conservation Partnership Program, provide private landowners with financial and technical assistance to conduct conservation on Conservation Partnership Program, provide private landowners with financial and technical assistance to conduct conservation on conservation on their landslands.

«Other provisions within the Energy Policy Modernization Act of 2015 would push for greater energy efficiency, updates to the energy grid, and a grid storage program; ease the permitting of natural gas pipelines; and permanently reauthorize the Land and Water Conservation Fund, which provides money for habitat protection.

One major obstacle became Sen. Richard Burr (R — NC), who put a «hold» on the bill, saying he would allow a vote only if the Senate acted on an unrelated bill to renew the Land and Water Conservation Fund, which provides money for land purchaLand and Water Conservation Fund, which provides money for land purchaland purchases.

Zinke has called for the full and permanent reauthorization of the Land and Water Conservation Fund, a program created to protect and purchase public lands and embraced by green groups.

«While he has steered clear of efforts to sell off public lands and supported the Land and Water Conservation Fund, far more often Rep. Zinke has advanced policies that favor special interests,» said Jamie Williams, president of the Wilderness Society, in a statement.

He is involved as a funder and advisor to many local environmental groups, particularly land trusts involved with protecting land through purchase or conservation easement.

Secured renewal of government funding for the Natural Areas Conservation Program and conservation of the Waldrom Grazing lands in soutConservation Program and conservation of the Waldrom Grazing lands in soutconservation of the Waldrom Grazing lands in southern Alberta

-LCB- Bend, OR -RCB--- Demonstrating its commitment to protecting wild places for their habitat and recreation values, Ruffwear, the leader in performance dog gear, has donated $ 50,000 to The Conservation Alliance's Public Lands Defense Fund.

After an incredible show of public support, the Conservation Ecology Centre (CEC) is close to raising enough funds to purchase a piece of land that will be transformed into a haven for koalas and other native animals.

The other big ones are groups like the Trust for Public Land, the Wildlife Conservation Society (which includes the Bronx Zoo) and World Wildlife Fund.

«Responsibly developing our energy resources on the Outer Continental Shelf in a safe and well - regulated way is important to our economy and energy security, and it provides billions of dollars to fund the conservation of our coastlines, public lands and parks,» said Secretary Zinke.

Requires the Secretary of the Interior to allocate specified percentages of amounts made available each year under this subpart for various activities and programs of the Department of the Interior, the Land and Water Conservation Fund, the Forest Service, the Department of Commerce, EPA, and the Corps of Engineers.

Brown donated his picturesque white cottage and the 14 hectares of land attached to it (known as Oura Oura) to the Bush Heritage Fund, a conservation organization that he founded with his Prize money over 20 years ago.

«Congress is expected to further cut funding for conservation programs and land agencies, already sitting at less than 1 percent of the federal budget,» writes Brad Brooks, the associate director of the Idaho office of the Wilderness Society, a nonprofit conservation group dedicated to protecting natural areas and federal public lands, in a recent AlterNet article.

In addition to saving this beautiful working land and rural traditions, each conservation easement furnished critical funds to the families.

Joint Submission by the Center for Carbon Removal, Conservation International, Environmental Defense Fund, Forest Trends, National Wildlife Federation, Natural Resources Defense Council, The Nature Conservancy, Rainforest Alliance, Wildlife Conservation Society, and the Woods Hole Research Center, regarding views on APA Item 6: Matters relating to the global stocktake referred to in Article 14 of the Paris Agreement: (a) identification of the sources of input for the global stocktake; and (b) development of the modalities of the global stocktake, in particular the role of the land sector and its potential for enhanced action, including Intact Forest Landscapes

provides authority to acquire land for the conservation of listed species, using land and water conservation funds;

Scenic Hudson purchased the conservation easement with funds from its Lila Acheson and DeWitt Wallace Hudson Valley Land Preservation Endowment as well as monies from the USDA's ALE Program and The 1772 Foundation.

We were pleased to cooperate with Scenic Hudson and Equity Trust and the other funding partners to protect the farm, resulting not only in the conservation of prime agricultural land but also in the permanent protection of lands adjacent to well - used and highly valued public recreation areas.

Duke Energy Renewables is also required to contribute $ 340,000 to a conservation fund for the purchase of land, or conservation easements on land, in Wyoming containing high - use golden eagle habitat, which will be preserved and managed for the benefit of that species.

The French Foundation Green Mountain Club, O Section The Highfield Foundation Land and Community Heritage Investment Program (LCHIP) Lemont Richardson Foundation The Lintilhac Foundation The Mascoma Watershed Conservation Council McCollom Family Foundation New Hampshire Charitable Foundation New Hampshire Preservation Alliance New York Community Trust Saint - Gaudens Memorial Sharon Elementary School — 6th Grade Solstice Trust State of New Hampshire State of Vermont Stettenheim Foundation Tarleton Fund of the N.H. Charitable Foundation — Upper Valley Region Thetford Bake Sale Town of Norwich Trust For Public Land Two Rivers - Ottauquechee Regional Commission Upper Valley Trails Alliance Vermont Community Foundation Vermont Housing & Conservation Board Vermont River Conservancy Women's Network of the Upper Valley

«But if states had committed the same level of funding they had in 2008, we would have saved an additional 358,000 acres of agricultural land and purchased 2,000 additional farmland conservation easements,» he said.

«If only one member of the family wants to continue farming after the death of the patriarch, he or she can sell a conservation easement to raise funds to pay the other children for their interest in the land,» Hill said.

The budget included the president's latest call for permanent reauthorization of the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF), which is administered by the Interior and Agriculture departments, and full funding at $ 900 million.

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